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  The Men Who Created Central Park.



The Men who Created Central Park (photographed on Willowdell Arch, 1862):



From left to right:
Andrew Haswell Green, Comptroller
George Waring, Jr., Engineer
Calvert Vaux, Architect
Ignaz Anton Pilat, Chief Gardener
Jacob Wrey Mould, Designer
Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect & Park Superintendent




Willowdell Arch is located between the Mall and the Balto Statue near the East 67th Street Entrance to the park.




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The Cast of Characters


Frederick-Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect & Park Superintendent




Calvert Vaux, Architect




Jacob Wrey Mould, Designer




George Waring, Jr., Engineer




Ignaz Anton Pilat, Chief Gardener




Andrew Haswell Green, Comptroller




1870 Map of Central Park (CLICK TO ENLARGE)